Saul Cornell's The Second Amendment Goes to Court

For the first time in nearly three quarters of a century, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case involving gun control and the 2nd amendment. The case comes amidst swirling scholarly debates over the history and meaning of the 2nd amendment. In this month's essay, Constitutional historian Saul Cornell describes the shifting nature of 2nd amendment scholarship over the last several years, and grounds the 2nd amendment more fully in its historical context.

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For a critical analysis of the historically based amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by Prof. Cornell (and fourteen other academic historians) in support of Washington D.C.'s handgun ban, read this article published at the History News Network: